Adverse events in an integrated home-based treatment program for MDR-TB and HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

James C M BrustDepartment of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY Philanjalo and Church of Scotland Hospital, Tugela Ferry, South Africa Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa CAPRISA, Durban, South Africa Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa Department of Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GAJ Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 62:436-40. 2013

Scaling of weight for height in relation to risk of cancer at different sites in a cohort of Canadian women

..Total body potassium (TBK) is an index of fat-free mass. Data describing changes in TBK in African American, Asian, or Hispanic populations have not been reported...

Adverse events in an integrated home-based treatment program for MDR-TB and HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

James C M BrustDepartment of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY Philanjalo and Church of Scotland Hospital, Tugela Ferry, South Africa Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa CAPRISA, Durban, South Africa Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa Department of Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GAJ Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 62:436-40. 2013

..Patients receiving concurrent antiretroviral therapy did not experience AEs more frequently than those on MDR-TB therapy alone. Concurrent treatment for MDR-TB/HIV can be safely administered in a home-based care setting...

Scaling of weight for height in relation to risk of cancer at different sites in a cohort of Canadian women

..Waist circumference (WC) is strongly linked to obesity-associated risks. However, currently proposed WC risk thresholds are not based on associations with obesity-related risk factors but rather with body mass index (BMI; in kg/m(2))...

Obesity and quality of life: mediating effects of pain and comorbidities

Geoffrey C KabatDepartment of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States Electronic addressMaturitas 79:70-6. 2014

..The current study assessed the association of combination conjugated esterified estrogen and methyltestosterone (CEE+MT) use and breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI)...

Adult stature and risk of cancer at different anatomic sites in a cohort of postmenopausal women

Geoffrey C KabatDepartment of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USACancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 22:1353-63. 2013

..Prospective studies in Western and Asian populations suggest that height is a risk factor for various cancers. However, few studies have explored potential confounding or effect modification of the association by other factors...

Associations of body mass index and anthropometric indicators of fat mass and fat free mass with all-cause mortality among women in the first and second National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys follow-up studies

Weight criticism during physical activity, coping skills, and reported physical activity in children

Myles S FaithObesity Research Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10025, USAPediatrics 110:e23. 2002

..National health guidelines advocate increased physical activity in children and adolescents, but specific goals are not being achieved. Data are needed on variables that influence children's decision to be active or sedentary...

A randomized trial of depression assessment intervention in home health care

..97, 1.45-2.68), waist circumference (1.97, 1.46-2.65), and waist : hip ratio (1.91, 1.41-2.58)) were all strongly, positively associated with risk and did not differ from DXA-derived measures in prediction of risk...

Lack of sustained improvement in adherence or viral load following a directly observed antiretroviral therapy intervention

..50; whereas the James procedure provides more statistical power with higher rho, the common correlation among the multiple outcomes. A study of gender differences in New York City homicides is used to illustrate the approaches...

Adult height in relation to risk of cancer in a cohort of Canadian women

..51 (95% CI: 1.27-1.80) for melanoma. Our study provides strong support for a positive association of adult height with risk of certain cancers. The underlying biological mechanisms are not clear but may differ by anatomic site...

..However, power to detect a locus with the lesser (in magnitude) displacement effect does not necessarily increase with extremity of sampling. Combinations of extreme discordant and extreme concordant sibling pairs are briefly discussed...

Effects on cognitive performance of eating compared with omitting breakfast in elementary schoolchildren

..The objective of this laboratory-based pilot study was to test the effects of consuming, compared with omitting, breakfast across 6 cognitive domains and on levels of perceived energy and well-being...

Remission in depressed geriatric primary care patients: a report from the PROSPECT study